Health Care Dive

JULY 21, 2022

The all-cash deal for San Francisco-based One Medical comes after months of speculation about a potential acquisition, but Amazon as the buyer comes as a surprise.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2022

Amazon and One Medical announced their plans to merge on Thursday morning, in a $3.9 billion mega deal that would see the retail giant continue its ambitious string of healthcare acquisitions. Under terms of the merger agreement, which is subject to customary closing conditions, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 21, 2022

Workers identifying as racial or ethnic minorities were 40% to 50% more likely to report having high childcare stress than White respondents, according to researchers.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 21, 2022

Health equity is one of the hottest topics in healthcare today. Removing structural inequalities from the delivery of care and improving care outcomes among women, people of color and LGBTQ people is a high priority for forward-looking health systems. Daryn Dodson is CEO and founder of Illumen Capital. His firm is an impact fund of funds addressing systemic inequity by reducing racial and gender bias in investing.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 21, 2022

Health officials argue a new type of shot could help to persuade unvaccinated people, although some surveys suggest that might not be the case.

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NASHP

JULY 21, 2022

State Caps on Respite Waiver Services Vary Greatly. Respite care is a valuable service for family caregivers that provides a break from the demands of caregiving. Most states cover respite services through Medicaid waivers that provide a range of home and community-based services, but many cap the amount of respite care covered. Many states put a numeric limit on respite care (set limit of hours or days per service year), but caps vary widely from waiver to waiver.

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Bill Of Health

JULY 21, 2022

By Carmel Shachar. Since June 24, 2022, I have spent a lot of time thinking through the post- Roe legal and ethical landscape, both publicly and privately. Very often, the discussion is centered about the impact that Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will have on patients whose health or lives are threatened by their pregnancies — such as people with ectopic pregnancies, missed miscarriages with a high risk of sepsis, and preeclampsia — and the physicians who care for them.

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Health Care Dive

JULY 21, 2022

Bloomberg reported the drop was the largest intraday decline in two years for Elevance, formerly known as Anthem.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 21, 2022

What You Should Know: – RapidAI , the global leader in neurovascular and vascular AI-enhanced clinical decision support and patient workflow, today announced it has received FDA clearance for Rapid Hyperdensity , the newest addition to the RapidAI platform. – The tool empowers physicians to quickly assess the severity of injury in patients with acute neuro conditions such as traumatic brain injury and brain hemorrhages – allowing for better and faster patient care decisions.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) announces the release of its 2022 data book (208 pages) on health care spending and the Medicare program. The publication provides data on Medicare spending, demographics of the Medicare population, beneficiaries’ access to care, and quality of care in the program, among other information.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 21, 2022

What You Should Know: – Medable Inc. , the leading SaaS platform provider for patient-centered clinical trials, today announced a new partnership with Withings Health Solutions , the business-to-business division of Withings, one of the global leaders in at-home connected health. – Withings’ devices will seamlessly connect to Medable’s decentralized clinical trial platform, reducing the burden on sponsors and sites while empowering patients to participate in trials from home.

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced plans on Thursday to acquire the primary care provider One Medical (Nasdaq: ONEM) for a price tag of $3.9 billion. . Once the acquisition closes, it will give Amazon a large primary care capability to potentially pair with its growing home-based care business, Amazon Care. Originally launched in 2019 as part of a pilot with Amazon’s Seattle-based employees, the Amazon Care model uses virtual and in-person visits from medical professionals to deliver “health care t

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HIT Consultant

JULY 21, 2022

What You Should Know: Today Amazon and One Medical announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire One Medical. Under terms of the agreement, Amazon will acquire One Medical for $18 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.9 billion, including One Medical’s net debt. One Medical Background.

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

The public health emergency (PHE) was once considered an oasis of sorts, both for home health agencies and health systems looking to deliver hospital-level care in the home. . But after being active for two and a half years, the length of it – and the continued, but uncertain, prolonging of it – is causing problems for any operator delivering home-based care. .

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GoMoHealth

JULY 21, 2022

Mental health plays a huge role in a person’s general well-being and physical health, and it has been proven time and time again that our minds and bodies are deeply connected. One major factor of this includes oral health, which has been said to be a window to overall health but is often overlooked in the medical community. For this reason, several GoMo Health Concierge Care programs integrate oral health, especially within cancer care , as patients can experience challenging oral side effects

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. COVID-19 vaccination provides protection against serious illness and outcomes associated with COVID-19, including emergency department or urgent care visits, hospitalizations, and death. The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is the first COVID-19 protein subunit vaccine recommended for use in the United States that is built on a familiar type of vaccine technology.

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HIStalk

JULY 21, 2022

Top News The VA postpones this week’s planned Oracle Cerner.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. POST-EVENT TRAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Updated Guidance Virtual Training Program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a virtual training program that provides instruction on the updated guidance for the IRF Patient Assessment Instrument (IRF-PAI) 4.0 and the LTCH CARE Data Set (LCDS) 5.0 for providers in IRF and

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

Keith Bailey, Field Provider Paramedic for MedArrive Inc., has been named a 2022 Frontline Honors honoree by Home Health Care News. To become a Frontline Honoree, an individual is nominated by their peers. The candidate must be a dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes; a passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the good of seniors and aging industry professionals; and an advocate for seniors, their industry, and th

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Sequence Health

JULY 21, 2022

Telehealth is quickly becoming the future of healthcare. According to Statista’s study, the overall telemedicine market in the United States is expected to reach $22 billion by 2022. Patients can now consult with their doctors from the comfort of their homes and it’s not changing soon. Telehealth services have many advantages, including cost savings, improved patient outcomes, and increased access to care.

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Healthy Debate

JULY 21, 2022

Welcome back Rounds Table Listeners! We are back this week with a special podcast episode! Dr. John Fralick sits down with Dr. Brandon Tang, a fourth year subspecialty resident in General Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto, to chat about a project he recently published in the CMAJ entitled, “A systematic review of evidence-based practices for clinical education and health care delivery in the clinical teaching unit”!

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Health Advances

JULY 21, 2022

By Arushi Agarwal, Vice-President, Health Advances Precision Medicine Practice. IVDs: The Start of Precision Medicine (PM). Precision Medicine (PM) has revolutionized oncology care, enabled by in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) that started with the approval of HercepTest in 1998 to identify patients with overexpression of HER2 for treatment with the targeted therapy Herceptin.

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Nordic

JULY 21, 2022

We strive for interoperability because it empowers us with relevant information to make better decisions. A successful interoperability strategy pairs functional technology with the support to use it. Interoperability is worthy of our attention because it helps each of us make better decisions. Whether a physician is reviewing patient results, a director is estimating supplies to order, or an executive is setting an annual budget, each of us aims to make better decisions because we are better in

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Osf Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

It’s common for patients with multiple chronic conditions to access different care settings and providers for health care services.

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HIStalk

JULY 21, 2022

As I put together my travel schedule for the next.

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Home Health Care

JULY 21, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its first ever home- and community-based services (HCBS) quality measures Thursday. The agency said the measures will promote “consistent quality measurement within and across state Medicaid HCBS programs” and are a “critical step to promoting health equity among the millions of older adults and people with disabilities who need LTSS.”.

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Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.

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HIStalk

JULY 21, 2022

Amazon to buy One Medical for $3.9 billion as it.

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Etactics

JULY 21, 2022

Whenever you hear the phrase “human trafficking”, it’s likely that you immediately think of sex trafficking. However, that is only one of many types of human trafficking. The reality is that modern-day slavery can come in many forms in the United States. Labor trafficking is one such form. In such situations, individuals perform labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.

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Briggs Healthcare

JULY 21, 2022

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare. CMS just posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending July 10, 2022. Comparing the July 10 th data to the previous July 3 rd data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate dropped 0.4% from the previous week Residents with booster doses increased 0.2% (same as previous week) Staff primary vaccination completion rate remained the same (same as previous 3 weeks) Staff with booster doses incr

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